A lady while dining at Crewe
A lady while dining at Crewe
Original Text
William S. Baring-Gould, The Lure of the Limerick (New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1967): 140.
3 Said the waiter, "Don't shout,
4 Or wave it about,
5Or the others will all want one too."
Notes
1] Crewe: town in Cheshire.
Compare the laundered version in A Century of Humorous Verse 1850-1950, edited by Roger Lancelyn Green (London: Everyman, 1959): 286:
Compare the laundered version in A Century of Humorous Verse 1850-1950, edited by Roger Lancelyn Green (London: Everyman, 1959): 286:
An epicure, dining at Crewe,Back to Line
Found quite a large mouse in his stew;
Said the waiter: "Don't shout
And wave it about,
Or the rest will be wanting one, too!"
2] whang: penis. Back to Line
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
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RPO 1999.
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